The Verge

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

The Russian government has partially blocked access to Facebook in the country after it claims the social network “restricted” the accounts of four Russian media outlets. Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge. A spokesperson for Meta had no immediate comment.

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The Verge

MARCH 14, 2022

Researchers have discovered a new type of destructive wiper malware affecting computers in Ukraine, making it at least the third strain of wiper to have hit Ukrainian systems since the Russian invasion began. BREAKING #ESETresearch warns about the discovery of a 3rd destructive wiper deployed in Ukraine. ESET research.

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The Verge

MARCH 30, 2022

The Roskomnadzor alleges YouTube “promotes the distribution of false content” about what it calls the country’s “special military operation” in Ukraine, and it accuses the platform of “discrediting” the Russian army. YouTube has already taken a number of actions against Russia following the country’s invasion of Ukraine.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

Twitter is putting a temporary hold on advertisements in Ukraine and Russia to ensure the visibility of public safety information. We’re temporarily pausing advertisements in Ukraine and Russia to ensure critical public safety information is elevated and ads don’t detract from it. Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) February 25, 2022.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

In an open letter published Friday afternoon, the Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine, Mykhailo Fedorov, called on Apple to stop supplying products and services to Russian users as a response to the country’s ongoing invasion. “I If you agree to have the president-killer, then you will have to be satisfied with the only available site Russia 24.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

Facebook is blocking state-run Russian media outlets from advertising and monetizing content on the platform amid the ongoing conflict in Ukraine (via Reuters ). We are closely monitoring the situation in Ukraine and will keep sharing steps we’re taking to protect people on our platform,” Gleicher added.

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The Verge

APRIL 13, 2022

After investigating the methods and software used by the attackers, cybersecurity firm ESET says that it was likely carried out by a hacking group called Sandworm, which The Record reports allegedly has ties to the Russian government. Ukraine and its infrastructure have been targeted by hackers since before the Russian invasion began.

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The Verge

APRIL 9, 2022

According to Microsoft, Russian spies used these sites to target Ukrainian media outlets, as well as foreign policy think tanks and government institutions located in the US and the European Union. We believe Strontium was attempting to establish long-term access to the systems of its targets”. “We

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The Verge

MARCH 1, 2022

YouTube has blocked Russian news channels RT and Sputnik across Europe in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Yesterday, Meta blocked RT and Sputnik on both Instagram and Facebook after receiving requests to do so from a number of governments in the EU. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. TikTok also banned the two channels.

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The Verge

MARCH 5, 2022

Cogent Communications, an internet backbone provider that routes data across intercontinental connections, has cut ties with Russian customers over its invasion of Ukraine, as first reported by The Washington Post. The Russian government has already made it more difficult for Russians to gain access to news sources and social platforms.

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The Verge

MARCH 1, 2022

Meta has stopped recommending content by Russian state media to all users of Facebook, and soon Instagram, as the country’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine wages on.

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The Verge

APRIL 11, 2022

The move, confirmed late last week in an order , follows requests from advocacy groups who feared a disruption would cut off Russian activists’ access to the outside world. It may not, however, cause companies that voluntarily cut off access to restore it.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

“We have received requests from a number of Governments and the EU to take further steps in relation to Russian state controlled media,” Nick Clegg, the company’s newly-named president of global affairs , said Monday on Twitter. The change is the latest Meta has made in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

As Russian troops continue to invade Ukraine, YouTube told Reuters it’s “pausing a number of channels’ ability to monetize on YouTube, including several Russian channels affiliated with recent sanctions.”. RT will be restricted in Ukraine due to “a government request”. Russia has since restricted access to Facebook and Twitter.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

That all changed this week after Russia invaded Ukraine, when its crowdfunding drew widespread attention, and its membership list ballooned to over 14,000 patrons, contributing a total of $436,966 a month. Our statement on the suspension of Come Back Alive, and the situation in Ukraine [link] — Patreon (@Patreon) February 25, 2022.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Today marks exactly one year since Russia’s illegal, unprovoked, and brutal of Ukraine. This week, a majority of the members of the United Nations reiterated its demand that Russia “immediately, completely and unconditionally withdraw all of its military forces from the territory of Ukraine and called for a cessation of hostilities”.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 12, 2022

It sells in to heavy-weight customers where security is very much front of mind — including governments, militaries and regulated businesses with high compliance requirements around information (such as the finance and healthcare sectors). ” says co-MD and co-founder Alan Duric, chatting to TechCrunch via videocall. .

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The Verge

MARCH 3, 2022

In addition, it’s also restricting the discoverability of content from other outlets affiliated with the Russian government. For now, the music streaming service says it will continue to stream in Russia, a market it entered in July 2020 alongside Ukraine and 10 other European countries. “We

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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2022

The API request is only accepted if there is a match between the MFA credential and that machine’s identity, and each API call requires a fresh, one-time-use credential, enabling zero-trust access for an organization’s API services. government doesn’t stop there, as Corsha secured the U.S The startup’s link to the U.S.

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The Verge

JUNE 5, 2021

The US Department of Justice has charged a Latvian woman for her role in allegedly developing the Trickbot malware, which was responsible for infecting millions of computers, targeting schools, hospitals, public utilities, and governments, the agency said in a news release. and foreign beneficiary accounts,” the DOJ said.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

There was no immediate information as to who was behind the cyberattack, with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida telling reporters that his government would investigate whether Russia was involved. “It The attack was directed at a key supplier of plastic and electronic components to the company.

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2022

But projects get abandoned and picked up by others who plant backdoors or malware, or, as seen recently since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a rise in “protestware,” in which open source software developers alter their code to wipe the contents of Russian computers in protest of the Kremlin’s incursion.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

On Tuesday, Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence suffered from a DDoS attack that prevented users from accessing its website, and two Ukrainian banks lost access to online banking services, according to statements from the government. Four hours later, the site still could not be accessed.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Musk said on Twitter that the company would begin rolling out FSD version 10 to customers in its early access program at midnight on September 10th. The company actually began shipping FSD version 9 in July, but only to members of its early access program. With root access, you can actually run the software on your vehicle.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2022

Last year, it acquired captioning product and solution provider VITAC for $50 million and education and government transcription company Automatic Sync Technologies for an undisclosed amount. . We’ll also now have access to the Verbit company’s technologies and capabilities, which our customers will benefit from as well.” .

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Morgan and her husband Ilya “Dutch” Lichtenstein were already granted bail last week by another judge, but the government got an emergency stay on the previous order, saying that the couple could potentially use millions of dollars worth of un-seized Bitcoin to flee the country.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2022

Twitter tries to restore service in Russia : While some tech companies are working to cut ties with Russia after the country’s government invaded Ukraine, others are trying to keep their services up in the country. So, amid reports that Twitter is increasingly hard to access in Russia, the company said that it’s working on it.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2022

The world of cybercrime is lucrative, but the arrests underscore that governments do find some of the malefactors trying to extort money from companies and individuals alike. Russia is blocking Google News : Search giant Google confirmed that “Russians are having problems accessing its news aggregator service, Google News, in the country.”

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2022

Shipium wants to give other e-commerce retailers access to comparable tools. government agencies are warning that state-backed hackers have developed custom malware that enables them to compromise and hijack commonly used industrial control system devices. It would be fantastically clever if they can get it to work, though!

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 10, 2022

Although this year is no different in how we will once again come together virtually as a community for Nonprofit Summit, we’ll do so with heavy hearts for the devastation taking place in Ukraine and the surrounding regions. Hands-on training: Hands-on-training sessions are a chance for you to learn and practice new skills.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

But one key component of its production — energy; electricity — is facing supply issues of its own in Europe at present, in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Since the Ukraine war started, Europe has been facing an exacerbated supply vs demand issue.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Goodera currently has volunteering openings from over 50,000 nonprofits that can be done in an office, remotely or by hybrid workers, with the goal of making them accessible to more employees. Gumbad said that it was able to find opportunities for the Ukraine war and Pakistan floods in less than three days after news broke.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

“Businesses and government agencies are looking for a new approach to keep their data safe regardless of where it is, especially in the cloud,” Ambuj Kumar told TechCrunch via email. Several recent, severe malware attacks have happened at the in-use state, including the Triton attack and the Ukraine power grid attack.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

My heart goes out to all of the people of Ukraine and our TechCrunch readers there. MarketForce, which was launched in Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda last year after growing beyond Kenya and Nigeria, plans to introduce buy now, pay later (BNPL) options to help merchants access fast moving consumer goods (FMCGs) on credit. United States.

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Whole Whale

APRIL 25, 2022

Now, in 2022 it is clear crypto philanthropy is having its global watershed moment as over $80M has been donated via crypto to aid Ukraine in Q1 of 2022. is any money that is not backed by a commodity (like gold or silver) and generally established by government regulation. Make the motivation clear: emphasize tax incentives.

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Whole Whale

MARCH 28, 2023

It exists in the algorithms that govern your Facebook timeline, explains why YouTube always recommends the perfect video, or more recently, powers the Large Language Models (LLMs) like OpenAI’s Chat-GPT , Google’s Bard , or Bing’s AI Chatbot , and others that have made headlines. Seriously though, why does “perplexity” in AI text matter?

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Candid

MARCH 16, 2022

This piece provides guidance for funders on making grants to support Ukraine. Council members may also access our legal compendium chapter, International Grantmaking: A Guide For Funders Making Grants Outside The United States , for free assistance on international grantmaking procedures. Working with global intermediaries.

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